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Re: Running Third Party Applications Programmatically

4-Jan-09 21:08

I am using a third party program, which has a UI. Basically for logging off and logging in, to my broadband internet connection. All i need to do is wite a program or may be windows service which would Automatically run this application, bring the UI (till here its easy), and then click on Log In Button which is on the Application s UI. And all this has to be done while am asleep Sleepy | :zzz:

, i mean it has to happen automatically using the service. Now i have already written the service for running the application and bringing the UI in front, all i need to do is Click on the Log In Button.
So there goes my requirement. Can you suggest any way to do it.

Thanks in Advance.

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4-Jan-09 21:23

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Re: Running Third Party Applications Programmatically

Soptik Dutta4-Jan-09 23:07

Re: Running Third Party Applications Programmatically

4-Jan-09 23:07

I alredy tried that. The SendWait command is very improbable. I tried and got unlikely results...for at times it would yield expected results and other, nothing would be sent. Anything else that can be done.
Thanks for the suggestion

Dragonfly_Lee4-Jan-09 21:26

Re: Running Third Party Applications Programmatically

4-Jan-09 21:26

Maybe you have to use some unmanaged code. Simply speeking, get the Login button's handle and post the click message.

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Soptik Dutta4-Jan-09 23:04

Re: Running Third Party Applications Programmatically

4-Jan-09 23:04

Can i have a link how i can do that ?
Thanks for the help.

Dragonfly_Lee5-Jan-09 2:35

Re: Running Third Party Applications Programmatically

5-Jan-09 2:35

Oh, man, just google Smile | :)

http://pinvoke.net/default.aspx/user32.SendMessage[^]

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Soptik Dutta5-Jan-09 19:41

Re: Running Third Party Applications Programmatically

5-Jan-09 19:41

Hi Tan,
How can i determine what message has to be sent.Lets say for the specific UI, for Log In Button the message specified is "&H307". But how can i know that.
I tried using spy++ but couldnt find a way to determine what message has to be sent. I also checked the list of common messages but i dont think they would serve the purpose.
So can u suggest a way how can i know what message has to be sent to trigger a particular button click (on the UI).

Thanks for the help so far.

Dragonfly_Lee5-Jan-09 21:07

5-Jan-09 21:07

Please search WM_MOUSE or WM_KEY in MSDN.

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krinaljariwala4-Jan-09 19:14

4-Jan-09 19:14

Hello,
I am working on remote desktop project, In that i want to connect to the server but it is connected through router, so if i want to connect to the server, i need to connect router first n then the computer. I dont know the exact the path for that, my router address is 116.74.111.83 n server ip is 201.74.111.3.
So please help me out.
Thank you in advance.

Dragonfly_Lee4-Jan-09 20:50

4-Jan-09 20:50

I do not understand. If you know the server's IP, you can connect it directly without considering the router.

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krinaljariwala5-Jan-09 0:27

5-Jan-09 0:27

Hi thnx,
I know server's ipaddress but what the problem is through router there are no. of pcs are connected n i have make one of them as my server.
When i ping the server's ip directly it doesnt give me any reply. But the router gives me pinged reply.

Dragonfly_Lee5-Jan-09 2:23

5-Jan-09 2:23

krinaljariwala wrote:
When i ping the server's ip directly it doesnt give me any reply. But the router gives me pinged reply.

In fact, I use router at home and I could ping other PC successfully. So check the configuration of the router. Maybe that's the real problem.

Tan Li

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Abhijit Jana4-Jan-09 20:56

Abhijit Jana

4-Jan-09 20:56

krinaljariwala wrote:
dont know the exact the path for that, my router address is 116.74.111.83 n server ip is 201.74.111.3.

just connect with Server @@

cheers,
Abhijit

Tom Deketelaere4-Jan-09 21:58

Tom Deketelaere

4-Jan-09 21:58

I sincerely hope those aren't real ip's.
Never post any real data on forums, you never know who is going to see them.

As to your problem.
If you are within the network then you don't need your router.

If not you will probably need to authenticate yourself with the router after which you can then log on to the server.
Or you can set your router to forward requests using remote desktop port (is a specific one but don't remember it right now) to the server.
Then you can connect using the routers ip (or a dyndns address).

krinaljariwala5-Jan-09 0:33

5-Jan-09 0:33

Thnx,
I am not in the specified server's network , so as per yr suggestion i need to authenticate with the server's router. But how do i do this?
Please help me out.
Thank you in advance.

Tom Deketelaere5-Jan-09 1:02

Tom Deketelaere

5-Jan-09 1:02

Well the servers admin should give you a username / password to enter when surfing to a url or ip. Once you'v done this you then should be able to go to the server. But this all has to be configured on the router (don't ask me how, I'v never done the configuration myself but your admin should know).
I'm shure there are other ways to do this but this is the one we use at my workplace.

No matter how you do it you'll have to be able to make configuration changes to the router, if you can't do that I don't think it's possible.

krinaljariwala5-Jan-09 1:16

5-Jan-09 1:16

Thnx

krinaljariwala8-Jan-09 23:41

8-Jan-09 23:41

Hello,
As per your help, i have make router configurations for port forwarding. It works fine, I connect to server. But from the server side i cant able to send maesssages to clients. Is there any configuration is needed for outgoing messages?
Please help me for that.
Thank you in advance.